Kristoffer Throndsen, posthumously also with the family name Rustung, was a squire, admiral, feudal overlord in Norway and Denmark, privateer captain and pirate. Kristoffer served Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson, the interregnum leader of Norway, in the last years of the Kalmar Union.
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Mogens Guildernstern, Royal Advisor to King Christian III who supported Kristoffer's entry into Danish Naval Military service.
Kristoffer's letter to Christian III asking pardon for wartime piracy and requesting a post as Naval Admiral in the Royal Danish fleet.
Kristoffer's seapapers while operating as a privateer between service as leading Norwegian Admiral and the Danish Royal Navy.About this person
Country
NorwayStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 1500 to 1565 · aged 65
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6 languages
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